{"id":138433,"date":"2026-09-03T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=138433"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T08:00:53","slug":"epona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/epona\/","title":{"rendered":"Epona"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138433\" class=\"elementor elementor-138433 elementor-3048 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff0e099 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff0e099\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6974cef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6974cef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec56d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ec56d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d5167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1d5167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Epona, keltisk hestegudinde<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b51227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b51227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Epona er en gallo-romersk hestegudinde, hvis <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde af religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller en hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span> kan p\u00e5vises i hele den vestlige del af imperiet fra det 1. til det 3. \u00e5rhundrede efter Kristus. Hun blev dyrket af galliske ryttersamfund og spredt langt uden for sit oprindelsesomr\u00e5de gennem den romerske h\u00e6rs beredne hj\u00e6lpetropper.<\/p><p>Indskrifter og votivrelieffer viser hende for det meste som en siddende kvinde p\u00e5 en hest eller mellem to heste, med et overfl\u00f8dighedshorn, en kurv eller en patera i h\u00e5nden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66c120e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66c120e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08de5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"08de5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Gud \/ Gudinde: Personificeret h\u00f8jeste magt i en kulturs pantheon, med klare ansvarsomr\u00e5der: naturkr\u00e6fter, sk\u00e6bne, krig, frugtbarhed. Tilbedt gennem kulter, offerhandlinger og tempelinstitutioner.\">Gud<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/da\/keltisk\/\" class=\"iwg-kultur-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Keltisk religion i Vesteuropa og p\u00e5 de britiske \u00f8er, mytologisk overleveret gennem irsk-walisiske tekster.\">Keltisk<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3da32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f3da32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab5f8e1 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"ab5f8e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;Der blev ikke fundet nogen overskrifter p\\u00e5 denne side.&quot;,&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-circle&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;,&quot;rendered_tag&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 512 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;},&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tIndholdsfortegnelse\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__ab5f8e1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__ab5f8e1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__ab5f8e1\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M500 975V858C696 858 858 696 858 500S696 142 500 142 142 304 142 500H25C25 237 238 25 500 25S975 237 975 500 763 975 500 975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10eb2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b10eb2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa2e912 iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa2e912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_epona-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-140039\" alt=\"Epona - guder fra den keltiske tradition, historisk-illustrativt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_epona-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_epona-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_epona-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_epona.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b775121 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b775121\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a5dc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58a5dc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baf0e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baf0e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kildesituation og antikke bel\u00e6g<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a615986 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a615986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I mods\u00e6tning til de fleste keltiske guder er kildegrundlaget for Epona us\u00e6dvanligt rigt. Over 300 indskrifter og mere end 150 billedv\u00e6rker er dokumenteret, is\u00e6r fra Gallien, Rhen- og Donauomr\u00e5det, Britannien og Italien.<\/p><p>Apuleius n\u00e6vner hende i \u00abMetamorphosen\u00bb (III, 27) som eksempel p\u00e5 tilbedelsen af gudebilleder i hestestalde. Iuvenal driver i satire VIII, 157 g\u00e6k med romerske ryttere, der \u00abtilbeder Epona og stinkende hestebilleder\u00bb. Ogs\u00e5 i Tertullians \u00abApologeticum\u00bb og hos Minucius Felix dukker hendes navn op.<\/p>\n\n<p>Bernhard Maier har i \u00abDie Religion der Kelten\u00bb (2001) p\u00e5peget, at Epona er den eneste gallo-romerske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En skikkelse, der tilbedes som gudommelig inden for en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudeskikkelse<\/span>, som blev optaget i den officielle romerske festkalender (Feriale Duranum), hvilket dokumenterer den h\u00f8je anseelse i de milit\u00e6re rytterenheder.<\/p><p>Miranda Aldhouse-Green har i \u00ab<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn, der repr\u00e6senterer en forestilling eller betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">Symbol<\/span> and Image in Celtic Religious Art\u00bb (1989) systematisk registreret det ikonografiske materiale og skelnet mellem tre billedtyper: Epona til hest, Epona mellem to heste, Epona som kejserlig matrone med hesterelation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b771b95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b771b95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5baf139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5baf139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navn og etymologi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f92fca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f92fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Navnet Epona er sammensat af den keltiske stamme *epo- (\u00abhest\u00bb, besl\u00e6gtet med latin equus, gr\u00e6sk hippos) og suffikset -ona, som ofte blev brugt i gallo-romerske teonymer til at danne kvindelige gudinde-navne, sammenlignelige med Sirona, Damona eller Belisama.<\/p><p>Betydningen kan gengives som \u00abhesteherskerinde\u00bb eller \u00abhestegudinde\u00bb. Wolfgang Meid har i arbejder om gallisk onomastik beskrevet ordbildningen som typisk gallisk og forenelig med den indskriftm\u00e6ssige spredning.<\/p>\n\n<p>Fra et keltologisk perspektiv h\u00f8rer Epona til en gruppe af dyregudinder, hvis funktionsomr\u00e5de er knyttet til et bestemt dyr. Helmut Birkhan har i \u00abKelten\u00bb (1997) tolket denne gruppe som et typisk udtryk for et samfund pr\u00e6get af husdyrhold og rytteri, hvor hesten ikke kun var \u00f8konomisk central, men ogs\u00e5 indtog en spirituel formidlerrolle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f305b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f305b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2ca642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2ca642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ikonografi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73cf16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a73cf16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Det mest almindelige billedmotiv viser Epona som en siddende ung kvinde i damesadel p\u00e5 en hest, der skrider mod h\u00f8jre. Hun b\u00e6rer en lang tunika, har h\u00e5ret ofte sat op og holder en patera, et overfl\u00f8dighedshorn eller en kurv med frugt.<\/p><p>I en anden variant st\u00e5r hun mellem to symmetrisk placerede heste, som hun fodrer eller leder, en komposition, der minder om den rhenske matrone-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"L\u00e6ren om billedindhold og deres betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ikonografi<\/span>. En tredje variant viser hende tronende med et f\u00f8l ved sine f\u00f8dder.<\/p>\n\n<p>Det symbolske udstyr peger p\u00e5 funktioner ud over den rene hestekompetence. Overfl\u00f8dighedshorn og br\u00f8dkurv forbinder hende med frugtbarhed og ern\u00e6ring, hvilket antyder en mere omfattende sf\u00e6re af \u00abfors\u00f8rgelse\u00bb.<\/p><p>Marie-Louise Sjoestedt fremh\u00e6vede allerede i 1940 denne sammenk\u00e6dning af hesteopdr\u00e6t, velstand og frugtbarhed som en typisk forbindelse i den galliske religi\u00f8sitet. Nyere arbejder af Garrett Olmsted og Miranda Aldhouse-Green underbygger denne tolkning med udvidet billedmateriale.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf68cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1bf68cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f16de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33f16de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geografisk udbredelse<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a463e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a463e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kerneomr\u00e5derne for Epona-kulten er det \u00f8stlige Gallien, Rhenomr\u00e5det med de store milit\u00e6rlejre Mainz, K\u00f6ln og Bonn, det noriske alpeforland og Donau-provinserne.<\/p><p>Ogs\u00e5 i Britannien og Hispania findes indskrifter, ofte p\u00e5 lokaliteter med beredne hj\u00e6lpetropper. I det italiske kerneomr\u00e5de er Epona sj\u00e6ldnere, men indirekte belagt gennem optagelsen i den romerske kalender og gennem litter\u00e6re henvisninger som hos Iuvenal.<\/p>\n\n<p>Indskrifterne er skrevet p\u00e5 latin og betegner Epona for det meste med tilnavnet \u00abAugusta\u00bb eller \u00abRegina\u00bb, hvilket dokumenterer overgangen fra en lokal <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde af religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller en hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span> til officiel rigsreligion. Dedikanterne er ofte soldater i hj\u00e6lpetropperne, men ogs\u00e5 civile hesteopdr\u00e6ttere, vognstyrere og ryttere. Den sociale spredning er bredere end for mange andre galliske guder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9972cde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9972cde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4899a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4899a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funktioner og religi\u00f8s rolle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c2dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74c2dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Epona var ansvarlig for hestenes frugtbarhed, deres sikre f\u00f8dsel, deres beskyttelse i stalden og p\u00e5 lange rejser. Ryttere tilkaldte hende f\u00f8r slag, fragtm\u00e6nd f\u00f8r lange rejser, b\u00f8nder f\u00f8r s\u00e5ning. Kombinationen af hestekompetence og generel overflods-symbolik gjorde hende til en beskyttelsesgudinde for g\u00e5rden, huset og rejsen.<\/p>\n\n<p>En s\u00e6rlig rolle som psykopomp skikkelse, alts\u00e5 som ledsager af sj\u00e6le til det hinsidige, er blevet udledt af nogle forskere fra forbindelsen mellem hest og rejse, blandt andet af R\u00e9ne Magnen og Garrett Olmsted.<\/p><p>Bernhard Maier anser denne tolkning for mulig, men den er ikke entydigt underst\u00f8ttet af de antikke kilder. De fleste indskrifter og billeder er votiv- og stiftelsesrelaterede, uden hinsidig udsagnskraft.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec119bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec119bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c034a36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c034a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Forhold til andre hestegudinder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7592912 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7592912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I den walisiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde overleverede gudefort\u00e6llinger i en kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">mytologi<\/span> optr\u00e6der Rhiannon i \u00abMabinogi\u00bb som en h\u00f8jmiddelalderlig arving til en gammel hestegudinde. Hun kommer p\u00e5 en str\u00e5lende hvid hest til Pwyll, bliver uretm\u00e6ssigt anklaget for barnemord og skal som straf b\u00e6re rejsende p\u00e5 ryggen ind i borgen.<\/p><p>Denne fort\u00e6lling anses af mange keltologer for en brudt erindring om en hestegudinde af Epona-typen. En sproglig forbindelse kan ikke p\u00e5vises, men det funktionelle sl\u00e6gtskab er tydeligt.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ogs\u00e5 den irske Macha, der gravid l\u00f8ber et hestev\u00e6ddel\u00f8b og efter sejren sammensynker under f\u00f8dselsveer, h\u00f8rer til i denne kontekst. Marie-Louise Sjoestedt har samlet Macha, Rhiannon og Epona som \u00abkeltiske hestegudinder\u00bb i \u00e9n gruppe, hvis f\u00e6lles funktion ligger i forbindelsen mellem hest, suver\u00e6nitet og land.<\/p><p>John Carey har i nyere arbejder nuanceret denne gruppering; han ser i Macha prim\u00e6rt en dronninge- og suver\u00e6nitetsgudinde, hvor hesteaspektet er et selvst\u00e6ndigt <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tilbagevendende indholdsm\u00e6ssigt element i kunst eller fort\u00e6lling.\" tabindex=\"0\">motiv<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b41645b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b41645b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a198b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3a198b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kristen fortr\u00e6ngning og efterliv<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bc42d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bc42d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Med Galliens kristning i det 4. og 5. \u00e5rhundrede forsvinder Epona fra de offentlige inskriptioner. P\u00e5 landet holdt rester af hendes kult sig l\u00e6ngere, hvilket synodeakter fra det 6. \u00e5rhundrede viser, idet de forbyder hedenske hestekulter og stald-riter.<\/p><p>Bernhard Maier og Bernadette Filotas (\u00ab<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Betyder det samme som hedensk; tilh\u00f8rende en f\u00f8rkristen religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">pagan<\/span> Survivals\u00bb, 2005) har tolket disse forbud som et indirekte vidnesbyrd om en langvarig efterklang af hestegudinden.<\/p>\n\n<p>Fra senmiddelalderen kan der ikke l\u00e6ngere findes klare erindringer om Epona. Senere folketraditioner, der forbinder hesten med beskyttelse og lykke, som for eksempel at h\u00e6nge hesteskoen op, kan ikke f\u00f8res direkte tilbage til Epona-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kulten<\/span>, men er selvst\u00e6ndige udviklinger, som blev bearbejdet i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Videnskaben, der udforsker hverdagskultur, skikke og overleverede forestillinger.\" tabindex=\"0\">folkloristikken<\/span> i det 19. \u00e5rhundrede.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0922de5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0922de5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9920ae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9920ae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Forskning og receptionshistorie<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7f78d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c7f78d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den moderne Epona-forskning begynder med R\u00e9ne Magnens grundl\u00e6ggende materialesamling, som \u00c9mile Th\u00e9venot udgav i 1975 under titlen \u00ab\u00c9pona, d\u00e9esse gauloise des chevaux\u00bb. Den er stadig den centrale kildesamling. Miranda Aldhouse-Green fremlagde en systematisk ikonografisk analyse. Helmut Birkhan og Bernhard Maier har fordybet den religionshistoriske indplacering i det galloromerske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde guder i en religion eller kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p>I den moderne neopagane reception tilbedes Epona som heste- og rejsebeskyttergudinde. Hestesportsforbund i Frankrig og Tyskland benytter hende af og til som symbolfigur.<\/p><p>I fantasylitteraturen og inden for rollespil optr\u00e6der hun regelm\u00e6ssigt, blandt andet som navngiver i spillet \u00abThe Legend of Zelda\u00bb. Disse popul\u00e6rkulturelle referencer har indholdsm\u00e6ssigt ikke meget at g\u00f8re med den antikke <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span>, men holder navnet levende i den offentlige bevidsthed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83329fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83329fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8da26b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8da26b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kultens sociale b\u00e6redygtighed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614e44f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"614e44f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Inskriptionsmaterialet giver mulighed for en forholdsvis pr\u00e6cis beskrivelse af kultens sociale b\u00e6redygtighed. Omkring to tredjedele af de bevarede indvielser stammer fra milit\u00e6rpersoner, is\u00e6r ryttere fra Alae og Cohortes Equitatae, der var stationeret i provinserne ved rigets gr\u00e6nser. Ogs\u00e5 h\u00f8je officerer som praefekter og tribuner er belagt som stiftere.<\/p><p>I de civile omr\u00e5der tr\u00e6der vognstyrere, hesteopdr\u00e6ttere, muldyrpassere og poststationsholdere frem som stiftere, hvilket understreger gudindens forbindelse til transportv\u00e6senet. Enkelte stiftelser fra kvinder blandt den lokale elite viser, at de valgte Epona som personlig beskyttergudinde.<\/p>\n\n<p>En s\u00e6rlig egenskab er den fleroverleverede tilbedelse af Epona sammen med \u00abEponabus\u00bb, alts\u00e5 \u00abEponerne\u00bb i flertal. Denne sj\u00e6ldne form er is\u00e6r belagt i det rhinske omr\u00e5de og tyder p\u00e5 en mangfoldigg\u00f8relse af skikkelsen til en gruppe af hestegudinder, sammenlignelig med Matronae-triaderne.<\/p><p>Miranda Aldhouse-Green har tolket denne form som et tegn p\u00e5 en \u00e6ldre, kollektiv tilbedelse, hvorfra den enkelte Epona som en individuelt tilspidset skikkelse udviklede sig.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fde11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10fde11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a7ddf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a7ddf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Centrale epigrafiske bel\u00e6g<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13348ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13348ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den centrale kildegruppe for Eponas <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span> er omkring to hundrede og halvtreds bevarede inskriptioner, som er dokumenteret i \u00abCorpus Inscriptionum Latinarum\u00bb og i \u00abL&#8217;Ann\u00e9e \u00e9pigraphique\u00bb.<\/p><p>Blandt de vigtigste steder er den mainziske relief-indvielse CIL XIII 11801, hvor en soldat fra legio XXII Primigenia stifter et <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et sted helliget tilbedelsen af en gud.\" tabindex=\"0\">helligsted<\/span> til \u00abEpona Augusta\u00bb, den carnuntinske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En tekst indridset eller udhugget i et fast materiale.\" tabindex=\"0\">inskription<\/span> CIL III 4438 fra kvarteret til Ala I Thracum, samt votivinskriptionerne fra Antunnacum (i dag Andernach) og fra det galliske Alesia.<\/p><p>En s\u00e6rlig plads indtager den senlatinske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En tekst indridset eller udhugget i et fast materiale.\" tabindex=\"0\">inskription<\/span> CIL XII 1797 fra Vienne, som betegner Epona som \u00abEpona Regina\u00bb og dermed formulerer kravet om en overregional t\u00e6nkt beskyttergudinde.<\/p><p>Hubert Cancik og Manfred Clauss har i \u00abEpigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg\u00bb og i de tilh\u00f8rende kommentarer pr\u00e6ciseret den sociale b\u00e6regruppe: de vigende personer er overvejende mandlige professionelle ryttere, stalpersonale og veteraner med omgang med heste, samt enkelte private stiftere med landlig baggrund.<\/p>\n<p>Anne-Marie Pailler har i \u00ab\u00c9pona, d\u00e9esse gauloise\u00bb (Bordeaux 2006) statistisk analyseret fordelingen af inskriptionerne og p\u00e5vist koncentrationen i Rhen-Mosel-omr\u00e5det, i Pannonien og i Norditalien. Dateringerne str\u00e6kker sig fra det sene f\u00f8rste til det tidlige fjerde \u00e5rhundrede efter Kristus, med et h\u00f8jdepunkt under severerne.<\/p><p>Bem\u00e6rkelsesv\u00e6rdigt er det lave antal bel\u00e6g fra kerneomr\u00e5det for de galliske stammer i Centralmassivet, hvilket Patrice Lajoye i sit essaysamling \u00abCultes des sources et des eaux en Gaule\u00bb (2017) tolker som tegn p\u00e5, at den ark\u00e6ologisk p\u00e5viselige Epona-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span> allerede er en romersk-milit\u00e6r omformning af en \u00e6ldre, skriftl\u00f8s gallisk tilbedelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d7250 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c6d7250\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac05975 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac05975\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Antikke litter\u00e6re omtaler<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5368abc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5368abc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De f\u00e5 litter\u00e6re omtaler af Epona i den romerske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Overleveringen af viden og fort\u00e6llinger gennem generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">overlevering<\/span> er kildekritisk yderst interessante, fordi de viser den marginaliserede status for en \u00abprovinsiel\u00bb <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et v\u00e6sen, der tilbedes som guddommeligt inden for en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gud<\/span> set fra den bym\u00e6ssige romerske elites perspektiv.<\/p><p>Juvenal spotter i den ottende satire (vers 156-157) over en konsul, der \u00abiurat solam Eponam\u00bb, alts\u00e5 sv\u00e6rger kun til Epona ved hesteboraningen og ikke til de officielle romerske guder. Apuleius refererer i \u00abMetamorphoses\u00bb III 27 en niche med et Epona-billede i staldg\u00e5rden p\u00e5 en provinsiel ejendom, smykket med friske roser.<\/p><p>Minucius Felix n\u00e6vner i \u00abOctavius\u00bb 28 Eponas tilbedelse som eksempel p\u00e5 provinsernes \u00abdyre- og staldguddomme\u00bb, som han polemiserer mod.<\/p><p>Tertullian (\u00abApologeticum\u00bb 16, \u00abAd nationes\u00bb I 11) tager denne polemik op og n\u00e6vner Epona som bevis p\u00e5 det hedenske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den levede religi\u00f8se holdning og praksis hos et menneske.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudsfromhed<\/span>s latterlighed. Disse litter\u00e6re noter forst\u00e6rker indtrykket af, at Eponas <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span> f\u00f8rst og fremmest var en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den samlede m\u00e6ngde religi\u00f8se tilbedelseshandlinger for en gud eller hellig skikkelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">kult<\/span> for de lavere klasser, de beredne hj\u00e6lpetropper og de landlige g\u00e5rde.<\/p>\n<p>Desuden overleverer \u00abHistoria Augusta\u00bb i \u00abVita Veri\u00bb 6 en anekdote om, at Lucius Verus under krigen mod partherne bar et hestehoved af tr\u00e6 som Epona-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Et tegn, der repr\u00e6senterer en forestilling eller betydning.\" tabindex=\"0\">symbol<\/span>.<\/p><p>Bernhard Maier p\u00e5peger i sine arbejder om den galloromerske religion, at \u00abHistoria Augusta\u00bb kildekritisk er up\u00e5lidelig, men at noten dog afspejler den faktiske <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En overleveret handling, der regelm\u00e6ssigt gentages i et samfund.\" tabindex=\"0\">skik<\/span> hos de romerske rytterafdelinger med at opstille sm\u00e5 Epona-billeder i kvartererne. Denne praksis er ark\u00e6ologisk bekr\u00e6ftet gennem fund fra kastellerne Saalburg, Niederbieber og Carnuntum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a6cd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30a6cd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d09aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28d09aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Metodiske problemer i forskningen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e120bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e120bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Epona-forskningen st\u00e5r over for en r\u00e6kke metodiske vanskeligheder. Kildematerialet er ganske vist rigt, men gennemg\u00e5ende romersk-provinsielt pr\u00e6get. Hvordan den f\u00f8rromerske, rent keltiske form af kulten s\u00e5 ud, kan ikke l\u00e6ngere rekonstrueres.<\/p><p>Inskriptionerne er latinske, billedv\u00e6rkerne f\u00f8lger romerske konventioner, og de litter\u00e6re bel\u00e6g stammer udelukkende fra romerske forfattere. En \u00abautentisk keltisk\u00bb Epona kan ikke udskilles fra dette materiale.<\/p>\n\n<p>Samtidig indeb\u00e6rer identifikationen af en billedkomposition med Epona risici, fordi lignende rytter- og heste-ikonografier ogs\u00e5 blev brugt til andre guder, for eksempel de thrakiske ryttere, de illyriske heros-skikkelser eller de rhinske matronae med dyrespand.<\/p><p>Garrett Olmsted har kr\u00e6vet et pr\u00e6cist ikonografisk kriterium: kun billeder, der er sikret ved en ledsagende <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En tekst indridset eller udhugget i et fast materiale.\" tabindex=\"0\">inskription<\/span>, kan g\u00e6lde som Epona-fremstillinger. Aktuelle oversigter arbejder med dette strengere korpus, som er v\u00e6sentligt mindre end den samlede m\u00e6ngde potentielle billeder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3242,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"Epona","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Epona \u2013 Keltisk hestegudinde | iWell Guard","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Epona er den keltiske hestegudinde, beskytter af heste, ryttere og frugtbarhed. 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